Toboggan



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ToBoGGAN.

nted Deo. 20, 1887.

UNITED `l STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILIJIAM BLESH, OF LOOK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ToBooeAN.

ESPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NoA 375,042, dated December 20,1887.

Application filed August 30, 1887. Serial No. 243,307.

.T0 all wwm it Y'nay concrn:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BLEsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TobogganSleds, of which the following is a full and clear description, reference being had to the acccmpanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of my improved toboggan-sled. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 to 7, inclusive, are'details, to be hereinafter fully described.

My invention relates to sleds, and especially to that class commonly designated toboggans5 and it consists in the improved constructionand combination of devices, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invcntion, I will now describe its construction and indicate the manner in which the same is carried out.

In the said drawings, A B represent the base of my sled, composed of a single piece of spring-steel, having an upturned curved front, as shown at a, which forms a foot-rest and also a space for the reception of the riderls feet. In addition to the curved front, the bottom is turned up along its entire sides, as shown at b c in Fig. 7. Gross-bars J are suitably sccured to the upper surface of the bottom A B, and have their outer ends curved upwardly to form sockets e, through which the hand-rail K passes. The hand-rail is made in a continuous piece, and is fiexible, being composed of rope, rubber tubing, or similar material, and after being passed through openings in the curved front a has its opposite ends passed through the sockets in the outer ends of the cross-bars J, the extremities of said rails being secured in or to the rearmost cross-bar by clampscrews k, or similar fastening devices.

Securely bolted to the base A B at I is a guard, H, provided with arms h, composed of some springy metal, having their outer ends (No model.)

bent upward at right angles to form pintles f, upon which rollers f' are vertically mounted, said rollers being so disposed with relation to the base of the toboggan that their peripheries extend slightly beyond the sides of the base, thereby preventing the sides of the base from striking violently against the sides of the chute, and also reducing the friction between the sides of the chute and base to a minimum. The pintles f extend above the rollers slightly and receive a stop or cross-bar, G, which retains the rollers in position on their pintles.

By reason of the above I am enabled to pro- Ivide a strong and secure toboggan of simple construction and especially adapted for its intended purposes. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'-- 1. In a toboggan, the inetallic base, with its curved front and sides, and the metaliic crossbars having sockets formed in their outer ends, in combination with a fiexible hand-rail passed through openings in the curved front, having its ends extending along both sides of the base and through the sockets in the crossbai's, and means for securiug said ends to or in the rcarmost bar, substantially as herein described.

2. In combination with a toboggan, a springguard secured thereto at the front, and provided with rollers, the peripheries of which extend beyond the sides of the base of the toboggan, substantially as hereiu described.

3. The base, the cross-bars having sockets in their outer ends, and a handrail adapted to be passed through said sockets, in combination with the spring-guard having pintles f, rollers mounted on said pintles so that their peripheries will lie beyond'the sides of the base, and a cross-bar on said pintles and over the rollers, substantially as described.

' VILLIAM BLESH.

TWitnesses:

W. L. MERWIN, R. J. ARMsTRoNG. 

